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    When Ilya takes an interest in Shane's baby photos displayed around the Hollander's home, Shane decides, with the help of Svetlana, to track down some of Ilya's own.
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    “You look just like her,” Shane said carefully, lips pressed against Ilya’s temple. Ilya nodded, his wet face smearing against Shane’s neck. They had migrated so that Ilya was half on top of Shane’s lap, clutching at his shirt. “I’ll get this printed for you, okay? You’ll always have it.”

    “Now you see,” Ilya said wetly, choking on a sob. “She’s so beautiful.”

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    08 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 42

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    Jordan Bragg has never believed in love; he’s only ever believed in patterns.
    Following his breakup with Montreal Metro superstar Shane Hollander, Jordan is living exactly the kind of life he always claimed to want: hockey, hookups, parties, and absolutely no strings attached. It’s fun. Predictable. Just the way patterns should be.

    But between his escalating bad habits, concerned teammates, disastrous hookups, and a growing inability to outrun his own loneliness, Jordan finds himself forced to confront a terrifying realization: if this pattern is all he has, then he isn’t left with much.
    Before dating Shane, that never would have bothered him. Jordan thought he was incapable of wanting more. Of needing more.
    But now…

    Jordan finds himself up against one opponent he can’t outmaneuver: uncertainty.

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    05 Jun 2026

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    Every part of Shane’s body vibrated with want and need for Ilya. Neither of them escalated the kiss though. Not yet. Shane wanted to relish in the feel of Ilya’s hard body pressed against his. The slowness of the kiss meant they had time. A whole weekend. That was more time than Shane had ever thought possible for them to have.

    [OR continuation of No choice but to love you
    --- Ilya realized he made a mistake letting Shane go after their hookup in Vegas. As he's rushing to find Shane, he receives a text message from Shane that read: We didn’t even kiss.

    When he gets to the elevator, Shane is still there. And the way they kiss inside that metal box is healing, and destructive, and transcendent for both of them. It shatters them completely.

    Ilya and Shane agree to spend the night together in the Vegas Penthouse, which turns into three.]

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    25 May 2026

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    21 May 2026

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    Luca Haas has a meltdown on the ice in the final five minutes of the game.

    So naturally, the best way Luca thought to rebrand was by throwing himself into a summer athlete campaign with the Centaurs, in hope to outrun the fear that he’ll never be as skilled, confident, or sexually expressive as Ilya Rozanov was at his age.

    But when the harmless Luca Haas snaps and shocks everyone by fistfighting with Filipino-Canadian youth athlete Angelo Perez, summer quickly derails into a dilemma to be seen as mature, living up to the expectations of the team, and these newfound, guilty urges for the very guy he fought on day one.

    Centaur matchmaking. Missing home. A messy summer fling. A mean article. An exploration of what sparks are supposed to feel like. And Ilya catches Luca buying condoms.

    And a “bad influence” that makes Luca feel—maybe for just one summer—that it's okay to be a little selfish.

    OR; Practically a character study of Luca Haas' insecurities + his foil to Rozanov disguised as me trying to revive the scrapped Haas book

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    18 May 2026